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pu·pil¹ (py

1. A student under the direct supervision of a teacher or professor.

2. Law A minor under the supervision of a guardian.

[Middle English pupille, orphan, from Old French, from Latin ppillus, diminutive of ppus, boy.]

pu·pil² (py

The apparently black circular opening in the center of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to the retina.

[Middle English, from Old French pupille, from Latin ppilla, little doll, pupil of the eye (from the tiny image reflected in it); see pupil¹.]

pupi·lar adj.

pupil¹

1. (Social Science / Education) a student who is taught by a teacher, esp a young student

2. (Law) Civil and Scots law a boy under 14 or a girl under 12 who is in the care of a guardian

[from Latin pupillus an orphan, from pūpus a child]

pupil²

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the dark circular aperture at the centre of the iris of the eye, through which light enters

[from Latin pūpilla, diminutive of pūpa girl, puppet; from the tiny reflections in the eye]

pupil (py

The opening in the center of the iris through which light enters the eye.

pupil

eleve - A French term used for a pupil or scholar.
indocible - Means unteachable as a pupil.
pupil - From Latin pupilla, it first meant "orphan, ward, minor."
apple of his eye - Results from the fact that the pupil of the eye was called the "apple" in earlier English because it was thought to be a solid sphere.

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	pupil - a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution educatee, student art student - someone studying to be an artist auditor - a student who attends a course but does not take it for credit catechumen, neophyte - a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist college boy, college man, collegian - a student (or former student) at a college or university crammer - a student who crams enrollee - a person who enrolls in (or is enrolled in) a class or course of study Etonian - a student enrolled in (or graduated from) Eton College Ivy Leaguer - a student or graduate at an Ivy League school law student - a student in law school major - a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject; "she is a linguistics major" medical student, medico - a student in medical school nonreader - a student who is very slow in learning to read overachiever - a student who attains higher standards than the IQ indicated passer - a student who passes an examination scholar - a student who holds a scholarship seminarian, seminarist - a student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary) sixth-former - a student in the sixth form skipper - a student who fails to attend classes nonachiever, underachiever, underperformer - a student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates withdrawer - a student who withdraws from the educational institution in which he or she was enrolled Wykehamist - a student enrolled in (or graduated from) Winchester College teacher-student relation - the academic relation between teachers and their students
	2.	pupil - the contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot iris - muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye aperture - a natural opening in something
	3.	pupil - a young person attending school (up through senior high school) school-age child, schoolchild boarder - a pupil who lives at school during term time day boarder - a schoolchild at a boarding school who has meals at school but sleeps at home latchkey child - a school-age child who is home without adult supervision for part of the day (especially after school until a parent returns home from work) schoolboy - a boy attending school spring chicken, young person, younker, youth - a young person (especially a young man or boy)

pupil

noun

1. student, scholar, schoolboy or schoolgirl, schoolchild a school with over 1,000 pupils
student teacher, tutor, schoolteacher, master or mistress, schoolmaster or schoolmistress

2. learner, student, follower, trainee, novice, beginner, apprentice, disciple, protégé, neophyte, tyro, catechumen Goldschmidt became a pupil of the composer Franz Schreker.
learner coach, trainer, instructor, guru

Translations

pupil¹ [ˈpjuːpl] N

1. (in school) → alumno/a m/f, educando/a m/f (frm)
last year pupil numbers increased by 46,100 → el año pasado hubo un aumento de 46.100 en el número total de alumnos
pupil-teacher ratio → proporción f de alumnos por maestro
see also teacher-pupil ratio

2. [of musician, artist etc] → alumno/a m/f, discípulo/a m/f

pupil² [ˈpjuːpl] N (Anat) → pupila f

pupil [ˈpjuːpɪl] n

(= student) → élève mf

[eye] → pupille f
pupil power n → pouvoir m des élèves

pupil¹

n (Sch, fig) → Schüler(in) m(f)

pupil²

n (Anat) → Pupille f

pupil¹ [ˈpjuːpl] n (Scol) → allievo/a, scolaro/a

pupil² [ˈpjuːpl] n (Anat) → pupilla

pupil¹

n pupil [ˈpjuːpl]

a person who is being taught by a teacher or tutor The school has 2,000 pupils. skoliere تِلْميذ ученик žák, -yně elev der/die Schüler(in) μαθητής alumno õpilane شاگرد oppilas écolier/-ière תָּלמִיד छात्र tanítvány, növendék murid nemandi alunno, scolaro 生徒 학생, 문하생 mokinys skolēns, skolnieks, skolniece murid leerling elev uczeń aluno şcolar ученик žiak, -čka učenec učenik elev นักเรียน öğrenci 小學生 учень; вихованець شاگرد، طالب علم học sinh 小学生

pupil²

n pupil [ˈpjuːpl]

the round opening in the middle of the eye through which the light passes. pupil بُؤبُؤ العَيْن зеница zornice pupil die Pupille κόρη του ματιού pupila silmatera مردمک silmäterä pupille אִישוֹן पुतली pupilla anak mata ljósop, sjáaldur; augasteinn pupilla ひとみ 눈동자, 동공 vyzdys (acs) zīlīte anak mata pupil pupill źrenica pupila pupilă зрачок zrenica zenica zenica pupill ลูกตาดำ göz bebeği 瞳孔 зіниця آنکھ کي پتلي con ngươi 瞳孔

pupil → إنسان العين, تلميذ panenka, žák elev, pupil Pupille, Schüler κόρη ματιού, μαθητής alumno, pupila, pupilo oppilas, pupilli élève, pupille učenik, zjenica alunno, pupilla 生徒, 瞳孔 눈동자, 학생 leerling, pupil elev, pupill uczeń, źrenica aluno, pupila зрачок, ученик elev, pupill ช่องตาดำ, นักเรียน gözbebeği, öğrenci đồng tử, học sinh 学生, 瞳孔

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